Article: A look at some folk remedies.

Article: Many Russians put surprising faith in folk ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... medicine, a disturbing reliance on folk remedies and healers that is worrying some Russian ... nine out of every 10 had turned to folk remedies to help treat their cancer. Natalya ... its pages exclusively to recipes for folk remedies submitted by average Russians. The ...

Article: Folk remedies: Fact or fallacy?
Jewish Exponent;  January 13, 1995 ;     355 words ... ... Silverstein Jewish Exponent 01-13-1995 Folk remedies: Fact or fallacy?. There are a lot ... questions about the scientific value of folk remedies, said medical anthropologist Tina ... no question about the human value. Folk remedies "can make people feel they are actively ...

Article: MANY FOLK REMEDIES ARE JUST MYTHICAL TALES BY ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... expect to tout the healing powers of folk remedies. But several years ago, Makaveli ... health-related old wives' tales -- folk remedies, treatments and beliefs passed down ... obstetrician/gynecologist, sees evidence of folk remedies almost daily among his patients. Many ...

Article: Natural isn't always safer: ; UC professor discusses folk ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... wealth of information when it came to folk remedies and medicinal herbs. Linger, the ... during the free Lunchtime Lecture about folk remedies and medicinal plants of Southern Appalachia ... The knowledge of plant medicines and folk remedies was passed from generation to generation ...

Article: MOTHER NATURE, NOT FOLK REMEDIES, `BEST ...
Dayton Daily News;  April 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Pregnant wo men hear about all kinds of folk remedies for triggering labor, ranging from ... whether they had heard of selected folk remedies for inducing labor and whether they ... and drinking herbal tea. A few such folk remedies have some basis in science, but others ...

Article: Parsley, sage, rosemary and ... rabbit-dung tea?; Folk ...
Sun, The: Batavia (IL);  April 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... for Dracula. Many people have tried folk remedies sometime in their lives to treat allergies ... people away. It's not unusual for folk remedies to be downright bizarre. In her book ... s foot. According to Beard, true folk remedies come out of small towns and are passed ...

Article: The folk remedies have stuck around.
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  December 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... substantial heritage" in American Indian folk remedies. Others are more widespread yet primitive ... traditional healing practice," he said. Folk remedies include, in Harris' view, lye soaps ... often were closely held, but other folk remedies were plentiful, and increasingly ...